Sketches From Oldest America 



and finding her lover absent, eagerly inquires where 

 he is. On going outside the trail of the skull is 

 discovered and followed to the water. A mouse 

 coming along the trail is killed and, on its being 

 thrown into the ocean, a path is made visible which 

 leads down into the shades. There the lover is 

 found; he has grown a new body and is living with 

 two old women. The young woman is overjoyed 

 at finding her Orpheus, but he, pointing to the 

 wound in the eye, tells her that her mother was the 

 cause of it and refuses to return with her. She 

 mournfully retraces her steps to earth and decides 

 to choose the other road thence leading to Paradise. 

 Taking the winding path that ascends toward the 

 sky, she finds that the scene grows more enchant- 

 ing as she proceeds. At last she arrives at the 

 moon, where everything is found to be most beau- 

 tiful. After viewing the amazing scene, she ex- 

 presses a desire to cast her eyes upon the earth 

 again, but the keeper refuses to open the door. 

 Finally, however, her earnest pleadings have the de- 

 sired effect, and he concedes to her request by open- 

 ing the door a little. While she is looking down, a 

 great shout is heard, as the villagers cry out, 

 "There's the new moon!" One man, taking a 

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